Show undermining INING constitutional government As to the possibility ot of reducing the overhead cost of the federal government in years to come president coolidge made the following statement unfortunately the federal government has strayed tar far afield irom from its legitimate business it has trespassed upon fields where there should be no trespass it if we could confine our federal expenditures to the legitimate obligations and functions ot of the federal government a material reduction would be apparent but tar far more important than this would be its effect upon the fabric of our constitutional form of gove government r ament which tends to be gra gradually duall Y weakened and undermined by its encroachment no weightier no wiser words have come from the white house in many years |